Senior Advanced Outsource Art Manager
Toronto, ON, Canada
Full Time
Senior Manager/Supervisor
Senior Advanced Outsource Art Manager
Would you like to work on some of the greatest franchises in gaming history? What about working on our new original IP? Certain Affinity is a game developer in Texas, based out of Austin, and we have a growing presence in Toronto, Canada. Our culture reflects the values and the vibrant nature of the cities we call home. This includes a commitment to evolution, diversity, excellence, and work-life balance. We are also excited to be the latest recipient of the Canadian Studio of the Year award. We're best known for co-developing numerous AAA FPS games, though now we are creating compelling new games of our own. We're always on the lookout for amazing talent to join our team.
As a Senior Advanced Outsource Manager at Certain Affinity, you will drive our strategy with external outsource studios and coordinate with them to deliver high-quality art assets on time and on budget. You’ll need to have extensive game development experience in game art, as well as strong leadership and organizational skills.
Responsibilities
Certain Affinity is authorized to do business in many, but not all, of the states in the US and the Canadian provinces. If you are not located in or able to work from a state where Certain Affinity is registered, you may not be eligible for employment as a fully remote employee. Please speak with your recruiter to learn more about where we are registered.
Would you like to work on some of the greatest franchises in gaming history? What about working on our new original IP? Certain Affinity is a game developer in Texas, based out of Austin, and we have a growing presence in Toronto, Canada. Our culture reflects the values and the vibrant nature of the cities we call home. This includes a commitment to evolution, diversity, excellence, and work-life balance. We are also excited to be the latest recipient of the Canadian Studio of the Year award. We're best known for co-developing numerous AAA FPS games, though now we are creating compelling new games of our own. We're always on the lookout for amazing talent to join our team.
As a Senior Advanced Outsource Manager at Certain Affinity, you will drive our strategy with external outsource studios and coordinate with them to deliver high-quality art assets on time and on budget. You’ll need to have extensive game development experience in game art, as well as strong leadership and organizational skills.
Responsibilities
- Define and own the end-to-end art outsourcing process for a AAA project, including vendor sourcing, onboarding, relationship management, and long-term partnerships.
- Manage external art production for a wide range of asset types, including concept art, environments, characters, props, vehicles, VFX, and animation.
- Serve as the primary point of contact between external partners and internal art, design, and production teams.
- Work closely with internal leads and the art director to define asset requirements, technical specifications, style guidelines, and quality benchmarks.
- Build and maintain clear documentation for outsourcing pipelines, workflows, and best practices.
- Coordinate reviews, feedback, iteration, and final approval of outsourced assets.
- Track schedules, milestones, and deliverables to ensure assets are delivered on time and to quality.
- Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, and quality issues, and drive solutions in collaboration with partners and internal teams.
- Proven experience as an Art Outsourcing Manager, Art Producer, or similar role within the games industry, ideally on AAA titles.
- Strong understanding of modern game art pipelines, including world building, modeling, texturing, rigging, and animation.
- Recent demonstrated expertise in at least one area of game art content.
- Demonstrated experience working with external studios and distributed teams.
- Strong communication and organizational skills, managing the production of art assets from multiple external partners.
- High level of visual quality awareness and the ability to give clear, actionable feedback.
- Familiarity with game engines and toolsets like Unity and Unreal.
- Shipped one or more AAA titles in the last 3 years
- Experience with Unreal 5
- Experience mentoring other artists
Certain Affinity is authorized to do business in many, but not all, of the states in the US and the Canadian provinces. If you are not located in or able to work from a state where Certain Affinity is registered, you may not be eligible for employment as a fully remote employee. Please speak with your recruiter to learn more about where we are registered.
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